Fire rated spots (am I thinking too much into it?)

[Drakey]

Hi there

I’ve got some spots to install in some shelves being put up. This sounds very straight forward I know but I was only thinking, do they need to be fire rated in the sense the room above is habitable (but obviously this isn’t a ceiling space)?? I know in the ceiling they’d have to be but the shelves will be quite thin and getting an integrated unit in will be tricky. Rather go down the bezel/clip in the lamp holder route.

Am I thinking too much into this??

Cheers

 

[James]

Are you putting them in, I.e. penetrating an existing fire barrier?

 

[DefyG]

Am I thinking too much into this??

Yes, the ceiling (plasterboard) will provide an adequate fire barrier.

 

[Drakey]

Are you putting them in, I.e. penetrating an existing fire barrier?

No, it’s in the corner of a living room and being studded out to create shelves.

 

[James]

Then you are over thinking it.
the idea of fire rated lights is that they don’t make an unprotected hole in the fireproof barrier of a building.

 

[Lister1987]

You may fins it useful to look up Approved Document B, more from a learning point of view to help you going forward, it should clear up what to use and when.